THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
11 Vietnamese Christians Missing from Detention Amid Religious Freedom Concerns – CWR
Marko Rupnik, Alleged Sexual Abuse, and Sacred Art – Deacon P.O. Iacono at Fra Angelico Inst.
‘CatholicNetworker’ App Bridges Faith and Professional Connections Worldwide – The Register

Top-10 Big Pulpit Links:
1. What Is It with Jesuits and Sodomy? – Maureen Mullarkey
2. Bishops Reject Priests’ Challenge to Liturgy Ultimatum – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
3. Why Did the Vatican Come Up With Such a Tacky Jubilee Logo – George Weigel at First Things
4. The Problem of Religious Traditionalists – A. Joseph R. Shaw, Ph.D., at The Critic
5. New Prize-Winning Art Glorifies Christ’s Sacred Heart – Roseanne T. Sullivan
6. The Great Loss: Or, the Pontificate of Jorge Bergoglio – Vigilius via Rorate Caeli
7. Why Doesn’t Francis Simply Refute Claims of Homosexual Predation? – Complicit Clergy
8. Free Sex, End Marriage, Purify the Gene Pool – Roseanne T. Sullivan
9. The Summer Reading List – George Weigel at First Things
10. All Protestants Are Progressives – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

Eucharistic Revival:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Punditry and Analysis:
Should Catholics Associate with Russell Brand? Gavin Ashenden Examines – Cthlc Unscripted
“Saints Beget Saints”: A Benedictine Calls for Spiritual Heroism – Hilary White at The Sacred. . .
Support Big Pulpit & Donate Now to This Evangelizing Apostolate – Tito Edwards
Boys Need Dragons to Slay – and Catholic Life Can Offer Them Aplenty – Catholic Herald
Dr. Mazza and the “Pope Emeritus” – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit, Tito Edwards, on X – Tito Edwards
The Movement for the Latin Mass is About Far More Than Nostalgia – Catholic Herald
Seeing Things: Female Impersonation From Cabaret to Identity – Maureen Mullarkey
Join a New Political Movement for Catholics! – Catholics For Catholics
The Good News in a Noisy World – George Weigel Speech at Galveston-Houston Archdiocese
Magisterium AI: Revolutionary Tool for Catholic Non-Profits, Apostolates – Catholic Fundraiser
Our Political Class is Ruining Our Language – David Mills at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Managing Summer Heat: Stifling Polyester – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

Education:
Unhinged NEA President Shows Why Home Schooling is Growing – M.A. Kreitzer at Les Femmes

Pope Francis:
Is Papal Demography Destiny? – Brendan Hodge at The Pillar
Pope Francis, The FCC, And Gender Ideology – Maureen Mullarkey

Synod Socordia:
The Instrumentum Laboris Confirms Synodality Dangers – Stefano Fontana at Daily Compass
My 3 Big Concerns With the Instrumentum Laboris – David L. Gray, Th.M.

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
The Good News: Restoring Tradition: The Pathway to Eucharistic Belief & More. . . – C4C
The Good News (Video): Gov Landry Cuts Funding, Müller Condemns Mary Statue + More – C4C

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